} // -- java.util.List<Lifecycle> getLifecycles()

    /**
     * Get the modelEncoding field.
     *
     * @return String
     */
    public String getModelEncoding() {
        return this.modelEncoding;
    } // -- String getModelEncoding()

    /**
     * Method removeLifecycle.
     *
     * @param lifecycle a lifecycle object.
     */
    public void removeLifecycle(Lifecycle lifecycle) {

        Objects.requireNonNull(output, "output cannot be null");
        Objects.requireNonNull(model, "model cannot be null");

        String encoding = model.getModelEncoding();
        if (encoding == null || encoding.isEmpty()) {
            encoding = "UTF-8";
        }

        try (Writer out = new OutputStreamWriter(output, encoding)) {
            write(out, options, model);